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🏛️ SGang Gwaay

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🏛️ SGang Gwaay
Abandoned Haida village on Ninstints Island, Haida Gwaii, British Columbia


🕐 2 min read · Updated 11 Apr 2026 at 07:21

UNESCOUNESCO World Heritage Site

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  • Location: Ninstints Island, southern Haida Gwaii, British Columbia
  • Occupation span: At least 2,000 years of Haida settlement
  • Access: Boat or floatplane only; no permanent infrastructure
  • UNESCO inscription: 1981

SGang Gwaay is an abandoned Haida village on Ninstints Island off the southern coast of Haida Gwaii in ...

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